Squirrel

The season is changing, and we put the last of the bird seed in the feeder.  This squirrel jumps up and hangs from his/her back legs.  Killer abs to curl up and get a seed.  Now the hummingbird feeder is up, and it will have to go out to gather seeds.

Squirrel hanging from the feeder
Squirrel

orphans from the compost heap

I never was able to grow an avocado tree from a seed.  My compost heap did.  I dug it up, and put it in a bucket, to go inside for the winter.  A while later another plant presented itself in that pot,

avocado and squash
Squash blossom

a squash of some kind.  This morning the squash bloomed.  Summer color in Dec.!

Flowers, again

Karen gave me some bulbs of the Susana Lily.  It is brown with orange highlights.  I used to paint a lot of flowers.   I think this is not the same old thing.

acrylic painting on canvas
Susana Lily

Oak Leaves, ala Hockney

The milk carton paper is 25 1/2″ wide, except where there is water damage.   So the edges aren’t even.  This photo is an approximation of the way David Hockney did some of this photos.  Gregg did the Photoshop magic to put them back together again.  It is fall and the oak leaves are some of the last to fall, and prettiest colors.

Oak leaves -acrylic on paper

more paint on Gingko leaves

Working flat is not my normal way.  So the surface is paper, smooth and not textured like canvas.  And there are no drips.   Gregg got up on a ladder to take this photo, because I’m not done yet.   When I am done, we have to find a 10 ft. wall to hang it on for a final photo.

Gingko Leaves

Gingko leaves in progress

There is a paper mill near here.  This piece of paper was left in the school by a teacher.  It has pin holes in the corners.  It is 41″ wide by 10 feet long.  Dale says it is milk carton paper.   It is very heavy.   Painting on a flat surface is different for me.  The photos are all spread out, for now, but they might give you an idea.  Since I am painting this on a table, there are no drips.  There is still gravity, just not so obvious.

Gingko Leaves

Out of the Blue

A clue from a crossword puzzle that we were doing.  The answer is sudden.  I don’t know if the COVID virus qualifies, but it feels like it.  To balance out the craziness I am using a weed in a field near my home.  It is not stressed out.

Out of the Blue